MDC vice chairperson and former minister of finance Tendai Biti has called on the government to purchase a private plane for President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Biti is arguing that it is way more expensive for the government to continue chartering planes for President Emmerson Mnangagwa at a cost of between US$2 million and US$4 million per trip. Speaking at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Zimbabwe (ICAZ) conference to mark the institute’s 100th anniversary, Biti said

Why do we have to hire a jet for $2 million to $3 million from Switzerland whenever anyone travels? Mugabe was even better because he abused Air Zimbabwe. It is actually cheaper to buy a jet for Mnangagwa to travel. We have hired a jet to fly to Djibouti, America and other countries. I heard Grace Mugabe saying she had never seen a jet like that (the gulf stream hired for the former first lady to travel for her mother’s funeral). If you hear people like Grace… saying that, it means this has become too much.